pick out
[verb]
Synonyms: identify, discriminate, distinguish, make out, perceive, recognize, tell apart

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pick somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also pick)

1. CHOOSE to choose someone or something from a group:
She picked out a navy blue dress.
His story was picked out as the best by the judges.

2. RECOGNIZE to recognize someone or something in a group of people or things:
She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room.
I picked out Valerie’s voice from among the general conversation.

3. SEE if you can pick something out, you can see it but not very clearly:
I could just pick out some letters carved into the stone.

4. SHOWN CLEARLY [usually passive] if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material from the background, so that it can be clearly seen:
His name was picked out in gold lettering.

5. PLAY A TUNE to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty:
He sat at the piano and picked out a simple tune.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pick out
pick out (someone/something)
1.
to choose someone or something instead of others.
The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important.

His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan.

2.
to find someone or something in a group.
The upgrade will increase the telescope's ability to pick out individual objects in space.

He was so tall, it was easy to pick him out in the crowd.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick out something
pick out (someone/something)
1.
to choose someone or something instead of others.
The writer picked out certain things about the event that he thought were important.

His boss picked him out for an assignment in Japan.

2.
to find someone or something in a group.
The upgrade will increase the telescope's ability to pick out individual objects in space.

He was so tall, it was easy to pick him out in the crowd.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick out
to choose or select something
I tried to pick out a nice necktie for my father.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick out something
to choose or select something
I tried to pick out a nice necktie for my father.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pick out
v.
1. To choose.
It took Mary a long time to pick out a dress at the store.
2. To see among others; recognize; tell from others.
We could pick out different places in the city from the airplane.
We could not pick Bob out in the big crowd.
Synonym: MAKE OUT².
3. To find by examining or trying; tell the meaning.
The box was so dirty we couldn't pick out the directions on the label.
Compare: FIND OUT.

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